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How to Clean Data Using AI

Analytics Vidhya

Cleaning data used to be a time-consuming and repetitive process, which took up much of the data scientist’s time. But now with AI, the data cleaning process has become quicker, wiser, and more efficient. AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc, can be used to automate anything from correcting format issues to handling missing […] The post How to Clean Data Using AI appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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MCP, ACP, and Agent2Agent set standards for scalable AI results

CIO Business Intelligence

Open protocols aimed at standardizing how AI systems connect, communicate, and absorb context are providing much needed maturity to an AI market that sees IT leaders anxious to pivot from experimentation to practical solutions. Three protocols in particular Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent Communication Protocol (ACP), and Agent2Agent show promise for helping IT leaders put two-plus years of failed proof-of-concept projects behind them, opening a new era of measurable AI progress , experts

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An Architecture of Participation for AI?

O'Reilly on Data

About six weeks ago, I sent an email to Satya Nadella complaining about the monolithic winner-takes-all architecture that Silicon Valley seems to envision for AI, contrasting it with the architecture of participation that had driven previous technology revolutions, most notably the internet and open source software. I suspected that Satya might be sympathetic because of past conversations wed had when his book Hit Refresh was published in 2017.

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What’s Next for AI and Sales?

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

Ten years have passed since artificial intelligence (AI) first appeared in sales technology, and the results are mixed. Early tools applied rudimentary machine learning (ML) models to customer relationship management (CRM) exports, assigning win probability scores or advising on the ideal time to call. The mathematics was sound, the demos impressive, yet adoption faltered because little thought was given as to how sellers should use this information.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Are Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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Top 7 Python Frameworks for AI Agents

KDnuggets

Design, test, and deploy multi-agent systems in hours using the powerful agentic frameworks.

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What is Bayesian Thinking?

Analytics Vidhya

As students, we often ponder how our results will be after the final term examinations. So, we start speculating based on our previous internal marks performance, the number of all-nighters we have pulled, and our prior performance in similar courses. This approach of updating our beliefs about our potential performance aligns very closely with a […] The post What is Bayesian Thinking?

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IoT security: Challenges and best practices for a hyperconnected world

CIO Business Intelligence

Imagine waking up one morning to find your smart home turning against you. Your thermostat is cranked to extremes, your security cameras have gone dark and your smart fridge is placing orders you never approved. Outside, your electric vehicle suddenly flashes its headlights, blasts the radio at full volume and randomly locks and unlocks its doors without anyone inside.

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Software Increases Productivity in the Record-to-Report Cycle

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

The six costliest words in managing a finance department are, Weve always done it this way. The record-to-report (R2R) cycle describes the process of finalizing and summarizing the financial activities of a business for a specific accounting period typically a month, quarter or fiscal year. It is important to note that R2R exclusively covers the activities between recording (keeping the books) and reporting (publishing financial statements and management accounts).

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The Sun is Setting on PowerCenter Support: What’s Next?

KDnuggets

As standard PowerCenter support winds down, the path forward requires careful consideration of your organization's specific needs and constraints.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Scalable analytics and centralized governance for Apache Iceberg tables using Amazon S3 Tables and Amazon Redshift

AWS Big Data

Amazon Redshift supports querying data stored in Apache Iceberg tables managed by Amazon S3 Tables , which we previously covered as part of getting started blog post. While this blog post helps you to get started using Amazon Redshift with Amazon S3 Tables, there are additional steps you need to consider when working with your data in production environments, including who has access to your data and with what level of permissions.

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Google Search’s Two New AI Features: AI Overview and AI Mode

Analytics Vidhya

Google search has been an anchor for web searches across the world. Processing around 14 billion searches per day and around 2 trillion searches annually. Lets put that into perspective: 14 billion searches in a day is more than double the heartbeats of the entire human race per second! Google search is the pulse of […] The post Google Searchs Two New AI Features: AI Overview and AI Mode appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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IBM’s massive SAP S/4HANA migration pays off

CIO Business Intelligence

IBM is at SAPs Sapphire conference in Orlando this week promoting its consulting services and wisdom gained from its multiyear transformation to SAP S/4HANA on IBM Power Virtual Server. Ann Funai , CIO and vice president of IBMs Business Platform Transformation, says Big Blue has achieved a 30% reduction in infrastructure-related operational costs since completing its migration to SAPs cloud ERP platform last July.

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AI-Enabled Contingency Planning is More Accessible Than Ever

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

We live in a time of uncertainty, not unpredictability. Especially when a business finds itself on an undefined journey with an unclear destination whether caused by internal events or the world at large having plans to deal with a range of outcomes increases the odds of success. Or, at least enduring the least amount of damage. Managing an organization in uncertain times is always hard, but tools are available to improve the odds of success by making it easier and faster to plan for contingen

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Choosing the Right Machine Learning Algorithm: A Decision Tree Approach

KDnuggets

Amid so many different machine learning algorithms to choose from. This guide has been designed to help you navigate towards the right one for you, depending on your data and the problem to address.

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AI Helps Businesses Develop Better Marketing Strategies

Smart Data Collective

More marketers are turning to AI tools to keep up with fast deadlines and changing audience needs.

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10 Ways Students Can Use Cursor AI for Free

Analytics Vidhya

Remember the first time you tried to learn coding and your only answer was the blinking cursor staring at you as if it was mocking your confusion? Well, fast forward to today, where a different kind of cursor exists to help you code. Cursor AI is not just another code editor; its a lot more […] The post 10 Ways Students Can Use Cursor AI for Free appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Digital twins at scale: Building the AI architecture that will reshape enterprise operations

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital twins, a sophisticated concept within the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), simulate real-world entities within a digital framework. This digital representation allows for real-time monitoring, analysis and optimization of systems. Developing a robust technical architecture for digital twins necessitates a comprehensive understanding of several foundational components and integration of advanced technologies.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Knowledge Graphs are Critical to Data Intelligence and AI

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

I recently described how business data catalogs are evolving into data intelligence catalogs. These catalogs combine technical and business metadata and data governance capabilities with knowledge graph functionality to deliver a holistic, business-level view of data production and consumption. The concept of the knowledge graph has been part of the data sector for decades, but adoption has typically been limited to industries and enterprises focused on the Semantic Web, such as media, publishin

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From Python to AI Engineer: A Self-Study Roadmap

KDnuggets

A practical roadmap for Python programmers to develop the advanced skills, specialized knowledge, and engineering mindset needed to become successful AI engineers in 2025.

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Analytics and Citizen Data Scientists Ensure Business Advantage

Smarten

Fact-Based Analytics and Citizen Data Scientists = Results So, you want your business users to embrace and use analytics? You want your business to enjoy the benefits of fact-based decision making? You want your business to use the tools of business intelligence to improve market presence, customer satisfaction and team productivity and collaboration?

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How to Use Jupyter MCP Server?

Analytics Vidhya

Jupyter MCP Server is an extension for Jupyter environments that integrates LLMs with real-time coding sessions. By implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), it enables AI models to interact with Jupyter’s kernel, file system, and terminal in a secure and context-aware manner. In this blog, we will explore how to use Jupyter MCP Server for […] The post How to Use Jupyter MCP Server?

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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How IT and OT are merging: Opportunities and tips

CIO Business Intelligence

How far have companies in various industries progressed with integrating their IT and OT architectures? What opportunities does the much-vaunted convergence open up and how can the previously separate worlds be efficiently controlled and managed in terms of IT/OT governance? A current study conducted by management consultancy 4C Group together with Markus Westner from OTH Regensburg examines these and other questions.

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Domo Addresses Data Products and Agentic AI

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

Domo is best known as a business intelligence (BI) and analytics software provider, thanks to its functionality for visualization, reporting, data science and embedded analytics. Additionally, as I recently explained , the companys platform addresses a broad range of capabilities that includes data governance and security, data integration and application development, as well as the automation and incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models into BI and analytic

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The 3 Horizons of LLM Evolution

KDnuggets

The shift from native LLMs (2018) to LLM agents (2025) has enabled AI to move beyond static knowledge, integrating retrieval, reasoning, and real-world interaction for autonomous problem-solving.

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Why Data Foundations Matter for AI Innovation

Jen Stirrup

For effective and productive AI, you need to make your data work for your business as well as your technology. It may not be a popular message since everyone wants the shiny AI, but it is important to lay a good foundation. Making your data work will lift up your whole business, rather than having a buzzword-led technology strategy. It was interesting to see SAP subtly reinforce the message about the importance of connected enterprise data as a foundation for AI.

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Apache Airflow® Best Practices: DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

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Mastering Collaborative Financial Planning

Jet Global

“There’s been a lot of wrangling of data, a lot of wrangling of humans as well, which is a big theme for today,” says Warwick Leitch, Product Management Director at insightsoftware. In this episode of the ‘ Don’t Panic, It’s Just Data ‘ podcast, Debbie Reynolds, CEO and Chief Data Privacy Officer at Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC, speaks with Leitch from insightsoftware.

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Return-to-office mandates: Didn’t we already fight this war?

CIO Business Intelligence

Those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat the 7th grade. Source unknown To understand whats going on right now, a short history of corporate attitudes about remote work might be helpful: 2009: Working remotely ( Telecommuting ) is a bad thing. 2020: Working remotely (Virtual Workforce) saved the world economy. 2023: Working remotely (Hybrid Workforce) turns out to work quite well and is a win/win, thank you very much. 2025: Working remotely (GET BACK TO YOUR DESK!

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Data Shows How ESG Reporting Software Helps Companies Achieve Sustainability Goals

Smart Data Collective

Transform your impact! Learn how data-driven ESG reporting software helps businesses align operations with sustainability objectives.